Director of the Applied Research and Evaluation Division / Professor in Child Mental Health and Wellbeing
Anna Freud / University College London
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Jess Deighton is Director of the Applied Research and Evaluation Division at Anna Freud and Professor in Child Mental Health and Wellbeing at UCL. Jess leads a range of large-scale national research programmes including HeadStart and Education for Wellbeing. She is also a senior researcher for the National Institute of Health Research Child Policy Research Unit.